Crowl Corporation is investigating automating a process by purchasing a machine for exist793, 800 that would have a 9 year useful life and no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save exist133,000 per year in cash operating costs. The new machine would replace some old equipment that would be sold for scrap now. yielding exist21, 200. The annual depreciation on the new machine would be exist88, 200. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): a) 5.80%
b) 11.12%
c) 16.72%
d) 5.12%